Should robots rule the world?

Dubai: Artificial intelligence is a vision of broad, deep and subtle superhuman intelligence that has not happened yet, said Dr Neil Jacobstein, co-chair of the artificial intelligence and robotics track at Singularity University, on the third day of the World Government Forum.With potential to alter the face of transport, health care, education, and the future on the whole, technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics should be responsibly used, and that requires “education, leadership, and active citizenship”, explained Jacobstein.“The question is not if robots could rule, it’s whether they should or shouldn’t,” he said.Responsible use of technology also considers core human values and long-term systematic consequences, added Jacobstein.Since 2013, over $3 billion (Dh11.02 billion) was invested by venture capital in artificial intelligence companies.Jacobstein pointed out that artificial intelligence amplifies human…